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Ministry of Textiles
NIFT’s 18th campus started at Daman
The campus will also provide a platform for collaborative R&D by industry and academia
: Mumbai, August 25, 2022
The National Institute of Fashion Technology  has started a campus in Daman. It becomes the 18th campus in the NIFT network of campuses across the country. NIFT Daman organized its first Orientation Batch on last Monday  for the students of B.Des-Textile Design and Master of Fashion Management. The vision of setting up the campus was realized with the support of the UT administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu under the leadership of Union Minister of Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal and UT Administrator Shri. Praful Patel.
Speaking on the occasion, Director General-NIFT Shri. Shantmanu stressed on the need to remain connected to the roots and create new meaningful associations as the students progress in their academic life. Thanking Union Minister of Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon. Administrator Shri. Praful Patel and Union Textiles Secretary Shri. U.P. Singh for their constant support and guidance in setting up NIFT at Daman; Shri Shantmanu briefly outlined the phenomenal progress made by NIFT in the field of fashion education. He also congratulated the students and their families for becoming part of the NIFT fraternity.
Advisor to Hon’ble UT Administrator Shri. Vikas Anand and District Collector of Daman Smt. Tapasya Raghav were present among the dignitaries. Prof. Dr. Pavan Godiawala, Director NIFT Mumbai and Prof. Dr. Jomichan S. Pattathil, Director , NIFT Daman were also present.
Officials of the UT administration and industry delegates from Daman also attended the inauguration event to celebrate the successful commencement of the first academic session.
The campus is in the Govt. Engineering College Campus at Mota Falia, Varkund, Nani Daman. NIFT-Daman has been established to develop home-grown leaders with unique and distinctive competencies who will contribute to the country’s future. The NIFT curriculum is designed to promote academic excellence in emerging areas, leadership skills, social responsibility, and an inclusive outlook with the highest international standards. The institute will provide leverage to the existing industrial hub in Daman by nurturing talent and creating a human resource that can effectively navigate the challenges of an interconnected planet with diverse global communities while addressing the gaps in the trained manpower requirement of the local industry. The campus will also provide a platform for collaborative R&D by industry and academia fostering an environment of innovation and incubation.
AYUSH
Union Minister Sarbanand Sonowal to inaugurate the BUMS course of first-ever Government Unani Medical College & Hospital in Jammu & Kashmir
The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir is all set to welcome its first-ever Government Unani Medical College & Hospital at Nawab Bagh of Ganderbal district. Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal will be inaugurating the BUMS  course of the College on 17 September 2021. This will be his first visit to J&K after taking the charge of the Ministry. The event will also be graced by Shri Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor.
The Ministry of Ayush has provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs.17.00 crore out of the estimated cost of Rs. 32.50 Crore for the establishment of the Unani Medical College & Hospital in Kashmir under Centrally Sponsored Scheme . This step was taken to promote the indigenous systems of medicine in the UT of J&K particularly the Unani System of Medicine in the Kashmir Division. The Hospital of the college is expected to provide services to around three lakh people of 136 villages and will also cater the population of adjoining districts of Srinagar, Baramulla and Bandipora.
Recognising the importance of alternative systems of medicine in the UT, the Ayush Ministry is determined to provide basic healthcare services to the people and improve their lifestyle-related disorders. The Unani System of Medicine is more popular in the Kashmir division while Ayurveda in Jammu Division and Homeopathy and Yoga & Naturopathy are common in both the divisions of the UT of J&K.
The College is having an annual intake capacity of 60 BUMS students along with 60 bedded hospital. There are 07 clinical departments viz; Moalijat , Jarahat , Ain-Uzn-Anf-Halq , Ilm-ul-Qabalatwa Niswan , Ilmul Atfal , Amraz-Jild  and Ilaj bit Tadbeer  in the College.
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
India is exporting strictly Non GMO rice to World
The possibility of GMO contamination due to white rice exported by India is not possible
Kindly refer to a news report report in a section of press regarding said food recall linked to alleged GM rice from India.
It may be clarified that there is no commercial variety of GM rice in India, in fact the commercial GM cultivation of rice is banned in India. There is no question of export of GM rice from India. A particular incident which is reported through Rapid Alert by EU, the GMO contamination is suspected to have been found in the rice flour which was processed in EU and they themselves are not sure of the exact source of contaminant. The broken white rice exported from India which is allegedly one of the possibilities has passed through many hands before reaching to the actual processors in EU.
There is always a possibility of mixing or cross contamination at every stage. The exporter however, has confirmed that the rice exported was Non GMO and there is hardly any possibility of cross contamination even during inland transit as the final sample was drawn at the port of loading by an independent inspection agency having the International recognition who after due to testing and verification issued Non GMO certificate before shipment. The cross contamination if any, could be possible while processing of the broken rice into final products.
Since, there is no commercial variety of GM in India, proper testing was also done before shipment of the consignment. The possibility of GMO contamination due to white rice exported by India is not possible.
India is exporting strictly Non GMO rice to World.
As reported in the same news item this could be the conspiracy to malign the image of India as a reliable suppliers of quality rice to the world. The experts in India both from Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee  and Agricultural experts from IARI and other rice experts in India are however, investigating the matter but re-confirming that commercial GM variety of rice is not grown in India.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
The air quality over Delhi-NCR is likely to improve marginally but remain in Poor to Moderate category on 13th April
The air quality is likely to remain in Moderate category on 14th & 15th April
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department :Wind Pattern and Ventilation Index Forecast
Air mass inflow forecast in Delhi along with predicted ventilation coefficient and weather forecast is as follows:
The air quality over Delhi-NCR is likely to improve marginally but remain in Poor to Moderate category on 13.04.2021. The predominant pollutant is PM10 because of higher dust concentration. The air quality is likely to remain in Moderate category on 14.04.2021 and 15.04.2021. The Outlook for subsequent 5 Days: The air quality is likely to remain largely in Moderate category.The predominant surface wind is likely to be coming from Northeast directions of Delhi with wind speed 08-15 kmph and mainly clear sky on 13.04.2021. The predominant surface wind is likely to be coming from West directions of Delhi with wind speed 06- 18 kmph and partly cloudy sky on 14.04.2021. The predominant surface wind is likely to be coming from Northwest directions of Delhi with wind speed 05-18 kmph and partly cloudy sky on 15.04.2021.
Predicted maximum mixing depth is likely to be approx 4800 m on 13.04.2021, 5300 m on 14.04.2021 and 5000 m on 15.04.2021 over Delhi. Maximum Ventilation index is likely to be approx 42000 m2/s on 13.04.2021, 36000 m2/s on 14.04.2021and 31500 m2/s on 15.04.2021.The ventilation index lower than 6000 m2/s with average wind speed less than 10 kmph is unfavourable for dispersion of pollutants.
Higher dust concentration is likely over parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, MP and UP. Marginal effect of transported and local dust over Delhi/NCR is likely today.
Detailed forecast analysis and verification can be seen at https://ews.tropmet.res.in.

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Ministry of Finance
Union Budget for 2021-22 gives boost to Public Transport in Urban Areas
A new scheme with Rs18,000 Crore proposed to support Public Bus Transport service
Two new technologies ‘MetroLite’ and ‘MetroNeo’ to be deployed in tier-2 cities and peripheral areas of tier-1 cities
Metros in Kochi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Nagpur and Nashik to get central funding
Public transport system in urban areas got a major boost in the Budget for the year 2021-22, tabled in the Parliament today by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
She said that the Government would work towards raising the share of public transport in urban areas through expansion of metro rail network and augment of city bus service. A new scheme will be launched at a cost of `18,000 crore to support augmentation of public bus transport services. It will facilitate deployment of innovative PPP models to enable private sector players to finance, acquire, operate and maintain over 20,000 buses. The scheme will boost the automobile sector, provide fillip to economic growth, create employment opportunities for the youth and enhance ease of mobility for urban residents.
It may be noted that Metro train services are expanding all across the country at a rapid pace. A total of 702 km of conventional metro is operational and another 1,016 km of metro and RRTS is under construction in 27 cities. While presenting the Budget, the Minister said that Government plans to deploy two new technologies i.e. ‘MetroLite’ and ‘MetroNeo’ to provide metro rail systems at much lesser cost with same experience, convenience and safety in Tier-2 cities and peripheral areas of Tier-1 cities.
Budget proposed Central counterpart funding to:
- Kochi Metro Railway Phase-II of 11.5 km at a cost of `1957.05 crore.
- Chennai Metro Railway Phase –II of 118.9 km at a cost of `63,246 crore.
- Bengaluru Metro Railway Project Phase 2A and 2B of 58.19 km at a cost of `14,788 crore.
- Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Nashik Metro at a cost of `5,976 crore and `2,092 crore respectively.
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Special Service and Features
Sea ranching of Green Tiger Shrimp Penaeussemisulcatus under 'Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana' 
ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute , Mandapam, Regional Centre is regularly carrying out sea ranching of hatchery produced green tiger shrimp, Penaeussemisulcatus seeds in Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay to replenish the natural stock and to enhance the shrimp productivity. This is helpful in promoting the livelihood of the fishermen in the region and also for conserving& maintaining a sustainable shrimp stock in the wild. Owing to its importance a project entitled "Sea ranching of Green tiger shrimp  Post Larvae  in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu" is being carried out by ICAR-CMFRI Mandapam Regional Centre with the funding support of Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt. of India under the Central Sector Scheme component of the PMMSY. Under the project a total of 200 million Green tiger shrimp Post Larvae will be released in a period of four years  in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar region of Tamil Nadu. The total budget of the project is Rs.168.948 lakhs.
A total of 1.2 million green tiger shrimp seeds  were sea ranched at Maraikayarpattinam  on 11th October, 2022. The shrimp seeds were released by the staff of the Mandapam Regional Centre in presence of Dr. G. Tamilmani, Head-in-Charge& Principal Investigator of the project. A total of 19.44 million green tiger shrimp seeds were sea ranched in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar since the inception of the Project . The sea ranching programme was coordinated by Dr. B. Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Centre. According to the press release issued by ICAR – CMFRI.
Ministry of Defence
Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago takes over as NDC Commandant
Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Mago took over as the 34th Commandant of National Defence College , New Delhi from Air Marshal D Choudhury who superannuates on November 30, 2021.
Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago is an alumnus of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He was commissioned into the elite 7th Battalion Brigade of the GUARDS on December 15, 1984 and later commanded 16 GUARDS.
In his distinguished military career spanning over 36 years, the General Officer has tenanted all his command assignments in challenging operational environment. He commanded one of the largest and challenging Infantry Brigade and a versatile Infantry Division, all on the active line of control in Jammu and Kashmir.
Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago is also an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and attended the prestigious Higher Command and National Defence College Courses. He has held various important staff and instructional appointments like Brigade Major of a Mountain Brigade in  Jammu and Kashmir, Director in Military Operations Directorate, Deputy Military Secretary of Headquarter Southern Command. Principal Director in Headquarter Strategic Forces Command and steered the operational Logistics as Directorate General of Operational Logistics and Strategic Movement at Integrated HQ of MoD . His instructional experience includes tenures as Directing Staff, Senior Command Wing, Army War College, Mhow and Commandant of one of the most prestigious institute, the famous Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School.
He has been awarded Yudh Seva Medal and Sena Medal  for his distinguished services. The General Officer has distinguished himself on two United Nations peace keeping assignments in Somalia  and as Force Chief of Staff in Congo  where he was awarded the Force Commander  Commendation.
Prior to taking over as the Commandant NDC, Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago was commanding the prestigious 10 Corps.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
IREDA and IIFCL team up to finance renewable energy projects
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.  has signed a Memorandum of Understanding  with India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd , to finance renewable energy projects. The MoU will empower IREDA and IIFCL to engage in Co-Lending / Co-Origination and Loan Syndication for all categories of Renewable Energy projects, including Small Hydro projects. Both organisations will strive to also fix interest rates for IREDA borrowings for a period of three to four years. Further, IIFCL may invest in the bonds issued by IREDA, as per the terms and conditions of the issue.
The MoU was signed today, September 4, 2023, by Chairman & Managing Director, IREDA, Shri Pradip Kumar Das and Managing Director, IIFCL, Shri P R Jaishankar.
Speaking on the occasion, CMD, IREDA said: "We are pleased to partner with IIFCL and offer our techno-financial expertise to IIFCL for the development of Renewable Energy sector. With this collaboration, we will be able to support Govt. of India’s target of achieving 50% share of our energy from non-fossil fuels by the year 2030. We remain confident that by working together, we will leverage our strengths and continue to serve our customers in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and a clean and green India.”
IREDA established a specialised Business Development and Consultancy division two years ago to meet the growing demand in the RE sector. In the past, IREDA has signed MoUs with other central and state agencies. This MoU will enable a synergy of green financing expertise of IREDA and Infra financing expertise of IIFCL.
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.  is a PSU under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy  and India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd  is a wholly-owned Government of India company set up in 2006 to provide long-term financial assistance to viable infrastructure projects.
Ministry of Finance
Reserve Bank of India holds 4th zonal level All-India Quiz on Financial Literacy in Mumbai
Mumbai : 1 September 2023
Reserve Bank of India  held the 4th zonal level All-India Quiz on Financial Literacy in Mumbai on August 30, 2023 in which state winners from the States of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Goa and UT of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu  participated. Overall, around 18,000 students from approximately 9,000 schools participated from the block, district and state level in these states. The six teams that competed in the zonal level were  Z P H S Khokarmoha, Maharashtra,  Govt. Secondary School, Mirzapur,  Govt. Higher Secondary School Tokarkhada Marathi Medium, UT of DNH & DD,  Government Senior Secondary School Shiksha Nagar, Madhya Pradesh,  Hutatma Bala Gopal Desai Memorial Government High School, Goa and  Kendriya Vidyalaya, Baikunthpur, Chhattisgarh. Master Abhishek Pathak and Master Mohit Rathore of Government Senior Secondary School Shiksha Nagar, Madhya Pradesh were the winners of the zonal round and will participate in the National level to be organised by RBI at a later date. The winners and participants were felicitated by CGM-i-C of FIDD, CO, RBI, Smt. Sonali Sen Gupta and other dignitaries.
Deepening of financial inclusion in the country has been one of the important developmental agendas. Financial literacy supports the pursuit of financial inclusion by empowering the customers to make informed choices leading to their financial well-being. Towards this end, the National Strategy for Financial Education  2020-25 that was framed by the National Centre for Financial Education  in consultation with the financial sector regulators, aims to support the Vision of the Government of India and Financial Sector Regulators by empowering various sections of the population to develop adequate knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour which are needed to manage their money better and plan for their future. The Strategy enshrines various objectives such as inculcating financial literacy concepts through financial education to make it a life skill, encourage active savings behaviour, develop credit discipline and availing of required credit from formal institutions, improve use of digital financial services, manage risks, be aware of rights as consumer etc.
In this context, RBI has been, from time to time, taking various measures to spread financial literacy among various target of population. One such endeavour in this regard was the rolling out of an All-India Quiz on Financial Literacy during 2023 targeting children of Class VIII, IX and X of government schools. The quiz that commenced at the block level and was conducted at the district and state level, aims at generating an interest in the student community towards financial literacy in a fast-changing complex world with evolving digital innovations.

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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Veteran actress Tanuja to grace the closing ceremony of 14th Marathi Film Appreciation Course
A special screening of Marathi film Pitruroon, to celebrate her 75th birthday
(Veteran actress Tanuja, a popular face of the 60s and 70s Indian cinema will grace the closing ceremony of the 14th Marathi Film Appreciation Course “Chitrapat Rasaswad Shibir” as chief guest. The course will conclude on 24th September, at 4.30 PM at NFAI, Law College Road, Pune.
In another highlight, Tanuja will donate a personal collection of photographs of her family and friends to NFAI for the purpose of preservation. The major peak of the acquisition is the rare original poster of the film ‘Chhabili’ , directed by Shobhna Samarth starring Tanuja and Nutan in the leading roles.
A week-long course from 19th to 24th September is organized by NFAI in association with Federation of Film Society of India  at the National Film Archive of India.
The celebrated actress will award certificates to the course participants in the successful completion of this intensive week long course. Her daughter and actress Tanisha Mukerji is also going to be present during the function.
To celebrate Tanuja’s 75th birthday , a special screening of the acclaimed Marathi film Pitruroon, starring Tanuja and Sachin Khedekar is also organized following the closing ceremony. Director of the film Nitish Bharadwaj will also attend the screening with a few other members of the cast to introduce the film.
‘Pitruroon’, a moving, an emotional family drama based on Sudha Murthy’s novel narrates the journey of a son to fulfill his father’s unfulfilled wish.
Screening of ‘Pitruroon’ is open to all.
Tuesday 24th September at 4.30 PM
NFAI, Law College Road, Pune
Ministry of Steel
Steel Ministry organizes Vigilance Conclave
Ministry of Steel organized a two-day Vigilance Conclave in New Delhi which concluded today. The Conclave was aimed at sensitizing the officials of Steel PSUs on the basic principles and procedures to be followed while taking important administrative and commercial decisions relating to various functions including procurements, contracts, personnel and finance.
Inaugurating the conclave yesterday, Central Vigilance Commissioner Shri K.V. Chowdary said transparency and accountability are the cardinal principles of decision making. He stressed upon having a strong internal whistle blower mechanism in every organization. The CVC also emphasized that there are enough in-built safeguards in the law to protect honest and upright officers.
Secretary Steel Shri Binoy Kumar, said that at times, lack of knowledge and awareness of good practices result in flouting of rules and procedures, which can be avoided. He impressed upon the participants to understand the nuances of vigilance administration to facilitate their working.
Joint Secretary and CVO of the Ministry of Steel Ms.Ruchika Chaudhary Govil said vigilance is integral to management of any organization. She said the aim of organizing the conclave is to help reduce opacity, delays and discretions, which often result in matters being embroiled in vigilance.
In the 2-day conclave, basic issues concerning vigilance, adherence to rules and regulations relating to public procurements, transparency in tendering processes, e-procurement, GeM, GFR, e-auction, ethics in governance, complaint handling system and other matters of importance were deliberated upon.
Chairman SAIL Shri Anil Kumar Chaudhary, CMD MECON Shri Atul Bhatt and CMD RINL, Shri A K Rath were also present in the inaugural function.
Around 100 senior officials of the PSUs of the Ministry of Steel, namely SAIL, RINL, NMDC, MECON, KIOCL, MOIL, MSTC, FSNL, Bird Group of Companies and OMDC participated in the conclave.